With the first Elazul quest out of the
way, I'm on a more normal course for the way I usually play this
game. Things could get a bit interesting here, folks.
So, this time around, we'll be using
the Stone Eye artifact to go to a place called Lake Kilma. The place
kind of reminds me of Oakwood
Lakes State Park, one of my favorites. This is usually where I
first run into Captain Tusk
and his Pirate Penguins. And yes, I know I used the Werewolf joke on
the character once already. It fits better here, and I'm still
likely to use it if and more likely when we run into him again.
But anyway, this time, we're out to
save this merry band of morons from some sort of eyeball monster
thing that turns people into stone with an eyeball laser. Before we
get started on that, though, I should say that I've been messing
around looking for other quests, because everywhere else I go, there
are hints of such things. But that's for another time. For now, I'm
gonna see what's ripened on the tree in the back yard and go on with
the dungeon.
For fruit, we got two Cabadillos, two
CitrisSquids, an Apricat, something called a Bumpkin, which looks
like a jack-o-lantern, and just in time for the Fourth of July,
Cherry Bombs. Much as I wish those could be used as weapons, they're
food for pets and items to use in forging. Quite the bounty this
time. I guess the running around helps sometimes. But anyway, it's
time to head to the lake and help the Pirate Penguins be dumbasses.
This is actually a fairly simple quest
as well, as the Penguins will pretty much show you along the path
you're supposed to follow to get to the quest's boss. Like I said,
they'd been fucking around at Lake Kilma, looking for some sort of
treasure. Turns out that the treasure they were after belonged to
the local Faerie population, who had an enchanted item that let them
turn folks into stone. That item was linked to the monster they
worshiped as a god, and I had to kick the crap out of to save
everybody.
Along the way, we meet and save this
turtle guy who's actually a tortoise and casts a spell to let us
see the Faeries that live around the lake. Along the way, the
Faeries that we can see now tell us that they think they'll die if
this monster they call their master is killed and the don't like
humans because they think, in this case, that penguins are a kind of
human.
Eventually, we find our way to the top
of a cliff where Tusk throws what few of his crew haven't been turned
to stone by the Faeries or the monster, called Gorgon, off the cliff.
The Faerie who was threatening them says that Tusk has to sacrifice
himself to Gorgon too. Of course, Tusk tries to bargain his way out,
but the Faerie turns him to stone and he falls off the cliff himself.
The tortoise shows up and says
something that scares the Faerie off, and then suggests that I go
after Tusk and his crew. Geronimo, I guess. Too bad there's no way
back to the top of the cliff. The tortoise follows us down.
At the bottom of the cliff, the
Penguins are all in a panic because Tusk has been turned to stone
along with about three quarters of the other Penguins. Tortoise
starts telling us about the area's master, which makes the Penguins
even more scared. What's worse is that just when you might be
expecting a Yoda vs. Dooku
sort of thing or a little Ninja
Turtle action, he actually turns the matter over to the hero
after throwing Tusk into the lake so that the Penguins go in and
rescue him.
Fortunately, Gorgon isn't a
particularly hard fight even when I do it when I normally do it, and
in this case, it was even easier because I'm considerably stronger.
With the Gorgon gone, the quest ends
with the hero getting the Firefly Lamp from somebody and the Pirate
Penguin team going back to their ship after Tortoise out of the area.
As I said, there's a lot of hinting at
other quests and missions that don't necessarily require planting new
artifacts. I think I might make my next issue in this series another
one about just running around, seeing what happens. Seems like it's
been awhile since I've intentionally done that, but I'll have to
decide as things go along. I guess that's something we'll all find
out together, right?
Until then, have fun, stay safe, and
keep on gaming, dear friends.
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